Braddock: A Story of the French and Indian WarsFunk & Wagnall's Company, 1893 - 470 pages |
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Page iii
... English were a school in which the hardy colonists were taught self - reliance , courage and fortitude . The despised provincial soldiers were for the first time compared with British regulars at Braddock's bloody defeat on the ...
... English were a school in which the hardy colonists were taught self - reliance , courage and fortitude . The despised provincial soldiers were for the first time compared with British regulars at Braddock's bloody defeat on the ...
Page 3
... " " A large frigate , bearing down upon us , sir ! " A whisper ran over the deck that the strange ship was a French frigate . The English crew had cause to become excited by the appearance of a vessel , for the feelings THE CHAPEL BELL . 3.
... " " A large frigate , bearing down upon us , sir ! " A whisper ran over the deck that the strange ship was a French frigate . The English crew had cause to become excited by the appearance of a vessel , for the feelings THE CHAPEL BELL . 3.
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... English in securing the control of the mouth of the Mississippi River , and were then preparing to extend their territorial jurisdiction in the east as far west- ward as the Kennebec River , greatly annoyed him . According to the ...
... English in securing the control of the mouth of the Mississippi River , and were then preparing to extend their territorial jurisdiction in the east as far west- ward as the Kennebec River , greatly annoyed him . According to the ...
Page 14
... English , but that they had refused , because their friendship for the people of Massachusetts was " as firm as the mountain , and as enduring as the sun and moon . ” Some of those hardy frontiersmen believed in their sincerity ; but ...
... English , but that they had refused , because their friendship for the people of Massachusetts was " as firm as the mountain , and as enduring as the sun and moon . ” Some of those hardy frontiersmen believed in their sincerity ; but ...
Page 21
... English dashed on the French and Indians to rescue their friends . After a short but sharp engagement , the English were driven back , leaving nine of their number dead in the snow . The French and Indians , fearing vengeance , con ...
... English dashed on the French and Indians to rescue their friends . After a short but sharp engagement , the English were driven back , leaving nine of their number dead in the snow . The French and Indians , fearing vengeance , con ...
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